Medium severity · published Sep 11, 2017
CVE-2017-1000249
An issue in file() was introduced in commit 9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4d1 (Oct 2016) lets an attacker overwrite a fixed 20 bytes stack buffer with a specially crafted…
5.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue in file() was introduced in commit 9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4d1 (Oct 2016) lets an attacker overwrite a fixed 20 bytes stack buffer with a specially crafted .notes section in an ELF binary. This was fixed in commit 35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793 (Aug 2017).
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FI
File · File Project
5.29 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000249
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-1000249
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3965
Patch
https://github.com/file/file/commit/35c94dc6acc418f1ad7f6241a6680e5327495793
Patch
https://github.com/file/file/commit/9611f31313a93aa036389c5f3b15eea53510d4d
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201710-02
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